Device identifier processing
OwnerEmery A. Sanfordinventor
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Abstract
A system for integrating a marked product housing includes an image capture device configured to capture an image of indicia formed on an exterior surface of the marked product housing, a controller in operative communication with the image capture device configured to process the image of the indicia to retrieve a unique product identifier represented by the indicia, and an indicia forming device in operative communication with the controller configured to form a coded formation onto an interior surface of the marked product housing representing the unique product identifier.
Claims20
A system for integrating a marked product housing, comprising:
- an image capture device configured to capture an image of indicia formed on an exterior surface of the marked product housing;
- a controller in operative communication with the image capture device configured to process the image of the indicia to retrieve a unique product identifier represented by the indicia;
- and
- an indicia forming device in operative communication with the controller configured to form a coded formation onto an interior surface of the marked product housing representing the unique product identifier.
A system for integrating a marked product housing, comprising:
- an input device configured to interpret a coded formation on an interior surface of the marked product housing representing a unique product identifier, the unique product identifier being further represented by indicia formed on an exterior surface of the marked product housing;
- a controller in operative communication with the input device configured to process the unique product identifier and associate the unique product identifier in a device identifier database.
A product housing, comprising:
- an exterior surface, the exterior surface having indicia formed thereon representing a unique product identifier, the indicia being formed with an anodization process;
- and
- an interior surface, the interior surface having a coded formation formed thereon representing the unique product identifier, the coded formation being formed through a process separate from the anodization process.
A method of marking a product housing, comprising:
- applying a first indicia representing a unique product identifier on an exterior surface of the product housing;
- capturing and interpreting the first indicia to retrieve the unique product identifier;
- storing the retrieved unique product identifier;
- and
- applying a coded formation to an interior surface of the product housing representing the retrieved unique product identifier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.